40 million USD granted by the World Bank to Palestinian Authority
Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian Prime Minister of the care taker government, signed an agreement with the World Bank on Tuesday in which 40 million USD will be transferred by the…
The Israeli army kidnaps 16 Palestinian civilians from several West Bank areas
The Israeli army conducted a number of invasions ta geting several town and cities located in deferent parts of the West Bank and kidnapped 16 Palestinian civilians on Thursday morning.…
The Israeli army kidnaps 10 Palestinian civilians during pre dawn attacks in the West Bank
Palestinian sources reported that 10 Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Wednesday during Israeli pre dawn attacks targeting several part of the West Bank. The sources said that kidnapping took place…
P.A security arrests three Hamas supporters
Sources close to Hamas movement reported that Palestinian Security forces arrested three members of Hamas in the West Bank on Monday. The sources stated that in Jenin, in the northern…
The Israeli army kidnaps seven civilians from several West Bank areas
The Israeli army kidnapped seven Palestinian civilians during pre dawn attacks targeting several West Bank cities and towns on Monday. Palestinian sources said that Israeli forces attacked and searched homes…
Israeli Authorities intend to demolish 10 homes, three stores and a water reserve facility
Khalid Al Azza, head of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, member of the Central Committee of the National Struggle Front, stated on Wednesday that the Israeli authorities…
Settlers steal a Palestinian car and the army kidnaps a civilian in northern W.B
A group of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian man and then stole his car near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday. Local sources said that Shadi Awad,…
UN Report: 3,000 Palestinian homes under threat of demolition
A report by the United Nations released on Wednesday revealed that 3,000 homes in the West Bank are under the imminent threat of destruction by Israeli forces. The homes in…
Israeli press: Israel presented new map of West Bank during negotiations
In a report that is unsubstantiated by official sources, the Israeli newspaper, the Jerusalem Post, has reported that Israel has presented a map of the West Bank in which Israel…
The Israeli army injures civilian and kidnaps four others during pre-dawn invasion.
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army has injured one Palestinian civilian and kidnapped four others during a pre-dawn invasion targeting several parts of the West Bank on Saturday. Ass’ad…
UN says more roadblocks were installed by Israel in the West Bank
The United Nations stated in a press release on Friday that Israel increased the number of roadblocks in the Palestinian territories since September last year although it officially pledged to…
Hamas: Fatah forces kidnap three movement activists in the West Bank
Hamas sources reported on Saturday that Palestinian security forces of President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah have arrested three supporters of Hamas in the West Bank, on Saturday at dawn. The…
Israeli military kidnaps 19 Palestinians across the West Bank
Palestinians sources reported that 19 Palestinians had been kidnapped from different part of the West Bank early on Thursday morning. Army kidnapped those Palestinians in military operations that were carried…
The West Bank: Israeli troops attack Palestinian peaceful protests marking the 60th Nakba
The Israeli army attacked on Wednesday three Palestinian peaceful demonstrations in several parts of the West Bank, a number of injured was reported. The protests took place near the northern…
P.A security arrests five members of Hams in the West Bank
Media sources close to Hamas movement reported on Tuesday that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to Fateh movement, arrested on Monday five members and supporters on Hamas in several areas in…
Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad: PA is going ahead with security reforms
Palestinian Prime Minister, Salam Fayyad, confirmed on Sunday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is going ahead with a comprehensive security plan across the entire West Bank territories. ‘ the PA…
P.A security arrests 4 Hamas members, releases a Palestinian reporter
Palestinian security forces in the West Bank arrested on Friday four members and supporters of Hamas movement, including two reporters. On Saturday, the security forces released one reporters after detaining…
In celebration of Israeli Memorial Day, military imposes full closure on West Bank
The Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, ordered a full closure on all Israeli-occupied Palestinian land in advance of the Israeli holiday of 'Remembrance Day'. The occupied Gaza Strip is already…
Livni claims settlements will not obstruct a permanent peace deal
Israeli Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, claimed on Sunday that Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank will not cause any obstruction to a permanent peace deal with the Palestinians, and…
P.A security forces arrest 12 Hamas members
Sources close to the Hamas movement reported that Palestinian security forces arrested twelve Hamas members and supporters in several West Bank districts on Saturday.In Hebron district, in the southern part…
Report: Israeli government lied about lifting restrictions on movement
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B'Tselem, has issued a report finding that the Israeli government has continued to maintain severe and comprehensive restrictions on…
Israeli High Court of Justice rules against villagers in the northern West Bank
The Israeli Hight Court of Justice in Jerusalem ruled on Tuesday against villagers of Al Aqaba, located in the northern part of the West Bank. The Israeli army issued orders…
Israeli army wounds a Palestinian near a settlement in the West Bank
The Israeli army shot and wounded on Sunday morning a Palestinian resident when he approached a barbed wire security fence near the Israeli settlement of Elkana in the northern part…
Fatah is skeptical over Israel’s willingness towards regional calm
Fatah party of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas cast doubts Sunday over Israel’s willingness towards calm, and denounced the Israeli military escalation in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In…
Nafha: “Occupation forces kidnapped 250 Palestinians in Aprilâ€
Media Office of the Nafha Society for Defending Detainees Rights and Human Rights published a report on Saturday stating that Israeli occupation forces kidnapped 250 Palestinians since the beginning of…
The Israeli army kidnaps 13 Palestinians from several parts of the West Bank
During pre dawn invasions targeting several cities and towns in the West Bank, the Israeli army kidnapped at least 13 Palestinians civilians on Wednesday. Eight were kidnapped during an army…
Al Salhi: ‘Signals coming from Hamas, positive progress that should be investedâ€
Bassam Al Salihi, secretary-general of the leftist Palestinian People Party, stated on Tuesday that "the signals that came from Hamas movement over its acceptance of establishing a Palestinian State within…
Israeli troops kidnap nine Palestinian civilians from the West Bank
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army attacked several parts of the West Bank and kidnapped nine civilians on Tuesday morning. Four of those kidnapping were taken from the city…
Israeli Ministry of Housing approves construction of 100 new settlement homes in the West Bank
On Friday, Ze'ev Boim, Israeli Minister of Housing and Construction approved the tenders for the construction of 100 new settlement homes in the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank…
26 Palestinians kidnapped by the army from several parts of the W.B on Thursday
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army kidnapped 26 Palestinians from several parts of the West Bank on Thursday at dawn.The army invasions were focused in the southern West Bank…
23 Palestinians kidnapped by the army from several parts of the West Bank
The Israeli army conducted a number of invasions targeting several parts of the West Bank on Wednesday at dawn. During those invasion Israeli troops kidnapped 23 Palestinians civilians. Palestinian sources…
P.A security forces arrest 21 Hamas supporters
Media sources close to the Hamas movement reported that Palestinian Security Devices, loyal to Fateh movement, arrested on Sunday 21 supporters of the movement in several West Bank districts.The Salfit…
Army invades the West Bank, kidnaps five from a Tulkarem village, four of whom are children
The Israeli army had invaded several parts of West Bank on friday and saturday they kidnapped five residents from the northern West Bank village of Zita near Tulkarem. Palestinian local…
Army invades northern parts of the West Bank, kidnaps five
Israeli troops invaded several areas of the northern part of the West Bank including the cities of Jenin, Tubas and other villages and towns, on Friday at dawn and kidnapped…
Hamas: “P.A security arrests seven Hamas supportersâ€
Hamas media sources reported on Thursday that Palestinian security forces arrested seven Hamas members and supporters in the West Bank on Wednesday.In Hebron district, in the southern part of the…
The Israeli army invades cities across the West Bank and kidnaps 11 civilians
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army conducted invasions targeting several parts ofthe West Bank and kidnapping eleven civilians on Thursday morning. Six of those kidnapped today were taken from…
Israeli army kidnaps the total of 50 Palestinians from the West Bank on Wednesday
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army invaded several cities and towns in the West Bank and kidnapped 50 Palestinians civilians on Wednesday at dawn. The sources said that the…
Israeli official admits of settlement-construction on privately owned Palestinian land
Israeli media sources reported on Tuesday that two months ago the Israeli vice Premier ,Haim Ramon, told the Israeli parliament that the settlement of Ofra, located in the southern part…
Israeli army kidnaps 10 Palestinians from the West Bank on Monday
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army kidnapped 10 Palestinian civilians during pre dawn invasion targeting several parts of the West Bank on Monday. The sources said that the kidnappings…
Israeli security head: No roadblock removal until Wall is completed
Yuval Diskin, the head of the Israeli Security Service Shin Bet, stated that Israel must not remove any of the over 700 roadblocks and checkpoints that cover the Israeli-occupied Palestinian…
Hamas: “Palestinian security forces arrested 10 Hamas members in the West Bankâ€
Sources close to the Hamas movement reported that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to Fateh movement, arrested on Thursday ten members and supporters of Hamas in several West Bank districts.The sources…
The Popular Committees slams Israel’s plan to construct 2000 settler homes this year
The Palestinian Popular (Folk) Committees issued a statement on Thursday strongly denouncing an Israeli plan to construct nearly 2000 homes for Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank in 2008.…
Israel to construct nearly 2000 housing units in the West Bank
Israeli media sources reported on Wednesday that the Israeli government is planning to construct nearly 2000 units in Israeli settlements located in the West Bank during 2008. The Israeli daily…
Israeli military abducts 17 Palestinians across the West Bank
The Israeli military kidnapped at least 17 Palestinians across the West Bank during a series of invasions across the West Bank on Wednesday morning. The cities invaded include Tulkarem, Nablus,…
Human Rights group: the Israeli army killed 126 Palestinians in the month of March 2008
The International Solidarity Society for Human Rights issued its monthly report on Tuesday documenting Israeli army violations of Palestinian human rights in the West Bank and the Gaza strip. The…
Israel to use alternative methods to protect settlements other than roadblocks
Israeli security sources reported on Tuesday that the Israeli army will start using alternative methods to protect the settlements in cases where roadblocks are removed. The army announcement came after…
The Israeli army attacks several parts of the West Bank kidnapping eight civilians
Eight Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by the Israeli army on Monday during Israeli army pre-dawn invasions targeting several parts of the West Bank.In the southern part of the West Bank,…
On land day, Israeli forces crackdown on demonstrators in West Bank
The Israeli army forces cracked down on Sunday on demonstrators in the West Bank cities, marking the Land Day anniversary. Hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators in various West Bank cities, including…
Maa’reef: Israel to remove a number of West Bank checkpoints
The Israeli occupation authorities will begin be removing a roadblock, separating the occupied east Jerusalem from the West Bank city of Jericho, Israeli media sources reported. According to Ma’areef newspaper,…
Israeli Army invades Ramallah district
Israeli forces invaded the central West Bank cities of Ramallah and al Beirah and a nearby town of Betunia on Friday. No injuries or abductions were reported. Local security sources…
Olmert: “Israel to resume negotiations, settlement constructionâ€
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stated on Wednesday during a press conference that Israel will resume negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, headed by Mahmoud Abbas, but at the same time…
Israeli Minister approves five more mobile homes in an illegal West Bank settlement
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported hat Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak approved the transfer of five more mobile homes into the illegal Israeli settlement of Teneh Omarim, in the southern…
Sri Lankan Prime Minister visits West Bank and meets with Abbas
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka visited the West Bank on Tuesday. The visit started in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, where Wickremanayake met Palestinian Authority…
Hamas: PA forces arrest 9 of the movement members in the West Bank
The Hamas movement reported that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ security forces had arrested nine of the movement’s members from several West Bank areas. In a press statement faxed to…
Israeli Defense Minister: West Bank checkpoints will not be removed
The Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced on Monday that Israel will not remove the 700 checkpoints, roadblocks and earth mounds that have cut the West Bank into hundreds of…
Palestinian Water Experts: Palestinian Territories Approach a Hot Summer of Waste Water Leakages
Palestinian water experts warned on Monday that the Palestinian territories are approaching a hot summer with high risks of water-shortages due to Israeli obstacles and natural dryness. Experts also warned…
Hamas: PA forces arrest five members of the Movement from several parts of the W.B
The Hamas movement stated on Monday that the security forces of the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had arrested five Hamas activists from several parts of the West Bank on Sunday.…
Hamas sources: “PA Security forces arrested five Hamas supportersâ€
Sources close to the Hamas movement in the West Bank reported that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to the Fateh movement, arrested five supporters of the movement in several West Bank…
Eight detainees receive administrative detention orders
The Nafha Society for Defending the Detainees’ Rights and Human Rights, reported on Tuesday that the Israeli Prison Authorities issued orders extending the remand of eight detainees under administrative detention…
Detainee sentenced to two years
The Salem Israeli Military Court sentenced on Tuesday detainee Shabeeb Hasan, from Borqa village near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, to two years imprisoned and a 2000 NIS…
Bassam al-Salhi Secretary-General of the PPP: Israel weakens Abbas through its Settlements Policy
Bassam al-Salhi discusses PPP vision for the near future and criticizes all involved parties for failing to work for a genuine peaceIn an interview with Bassam al-Salhi, Secretary General of…
Israeli army kidnaps 23 Palestinians across the West Bank in pre-dawn invasions
The Israeli army targeted several areas of the West Bank on Tuesday at dawn, kidnapping at least 23 Palestinians, local sources reported. The sources stated that most of the kidnappings…
Israel approves the construction of settlers homes in West Bank settlements
Mayor of Ariel settlement bloc, Ron Nahman, stated that the Israeli government decided to allow him to carry a project to build 48 houses for settlers in Ariel settlement bloc…
Palestinian refugees in the West Bank protest against reduced UN aid
The Palestinian popular committees of refugee camps in the West Bank organized on Monday protests in the various refugees populations over there, to voice objection to UN’s aid reduction. Member…
Hamas: PA arrested five of its supporters in West Bank
The Palestinian Authority security forces arrested five Palestinians affiliated with the Hamas movement from Bethlehem, Nablus and Tulkarem on Sunday, a Hamas source stated Monday.The source said that Taher Deriyeh…
Five Palestinians kidnapped in the West Bank, two among them children
Israeli forces attacked northern and southern parts of the West Bank early Monday morning kidnapping five Palestinians, including two children. Local sources reported that a number of Israeli jeeps invaded…
One Palestinian teen injured by Israeli army fire in Tubass
A Palestinian teenager was injured when Israeli troops attacked and searched homes in the city of Tubass, located in the northern part of the West Bank on Saturday morning. Medical…
Four Palestinians assassinated in Bethlehem
On Wednesday evening, undercover Israeli soldiers assassinated four Palestinians in Bethlehem. Palestinian medical sources reported that the four were identified as Mohammad Shehada, Imad el-Kamel, Issa Marzouk Zawahra and Ahmad…
Qurai to Livni: the Palestinian Authority shocked by decision to expand settlements
The head of the Palestinian negotiation team Ahmad Qurai sent a letter of dissatisfaction, Wednesday to Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni regarding Israels recent decision to approve settlement expansion near…
The Israeli army kidnaps 17 Palestinians from the West Bank
The Israeli army kidnapped 17 Palestinians during pre- dawn invasions across the West Bank on Wednesday. Palestinian sources said that the kidnappings took place in the Bethlehem and Hebron areas…
Fayyad meets his ministers, slams Israel’s decision to resume settlement construction
Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, headed on Monday the weekly cabinet session in the West Bank city of Ramallah, and discussed Israel's recent decision to resume settlement construction and…
Palestinians concerned over expected Israeli settlement activities
Senior Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Eriqat, cast doubts on Sunday over Israel's intentions towards peace with the Palestinians. Eriqat's skepticism came after media reports said Israel plans on expanding Jewish settlements…
26 Palestinians kidnapped across the West Bank
Israeli forces invaded several parts of the West Bank in the early hours of Wednesday morning and kidnapped at least eight Palestinians, among those 11 from the northern West Bank…
P.A security arrests five Hamas supporters
Sources close to Hamas movement reported on Tuesday that Palestinian security forces, loyal to Fateh movement in the West Bank, arrested six Hamas members and supporters in several areas on…
Five Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli military in the northern part of the West Bank
On Tuesday morning, Israeli forces carried out military operations in the northern part of the West Bank, focussing on Nablus and Jenin cities, and kidnapped at least five Palestinians in…
Israeli army kidnaps 14 Palestinians in pre dawn invasion
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army kidnapped at least 14 Palestinians during a pre dawn invasion targeting several cities and towns in the West Bank on Monday. According to…
Hamas: PA security forces arrest five members of the movement from the West Bank
Hamas movement sources reported on Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority security forces controlled by President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah arrested five members of the movement from several parts of the…
Israeli government is licensing illegal settlement outposts
The Israeli Monitoring Committee, part of the Knesset Committees, held a meeting on Monday apparently in an attempt to grant licenses to illegal settlement outposts for the settlers in the…
Israeli army kidnaps at least six Palestinians across the West Bank
Israeli army invaded three West bank cities,in the early hours of Monday morning. Illegally arresting around six Palestinians from;Nablus, Jenin and Bethlehem in separate operations, carried out in the early…
The Israeli army kidnaps four civilians from the southern part of the West Bank
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army kidnapped four Palestinian civilians during two invasions targeting the southern part of the West Bank on Saturday morning. Two civilians were taken from…
14 Aqsa Brigades fighters escape from Jneid Palestinian prison
Palestinian sources reported on Thursday evening that 14 members of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, escaped from the Jneid Palestinian prison in the northern West…
94% of applications for construction permits are rejected by Israel
The Israeli Peace Now Movement released data on the Israeli policies regarding denying construction permits for Palestinians living in area C, which is under full Israeli Control, and revealed that…
P.A security arrests six Hamas supporters
Palestinian security forces arrested on Tuesday six supporters of Hamas movement in several parts of the West Bank, Hamas media sources reported.In Salfit district, security forces arrested Sheikh Imad Ed…
Israel to halve personal settlers debts
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported on Thursday that Israel decided to forgive NIS 350 Million in personal debts owed by 3500 settlers living in 140 settlements in the occupied West…
Hamas: PA security forces arrest 8 members of the movement from several parts of the West Bank
The Hamas movement announced on Thursday that the Palestinian Authority forces affiliated with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah arrested 8 members of the movement from several areas of…
Israeli military invades the northern part of the West Bank and kidnaps 9
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank cities of Nablus, Jenin and Tulkarem in the early hours of Thursday morning and kidnapped six Palestinians from the Sabastiya suburb of Nablus,…
Israeli army kidnapps 85 Palestinians in the West Bank in one day
The Israeli army on Wednesday invaded both the city of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, and the village of Beit Ummer, located near the city of Hebron in the…
Three Palestinians kidnapped from northern West Bank
The Israeli military has invaded the northern West Bank cities of Nablus and Jenin, kidnapping three Palestinians in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Local sources reported that troops invaded…
Hamas sources: “P.A security arrest 11 supportersâ€
Media sources close to the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, reported that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to Fateh movement in the West Bank, arrested 11 members and supporters of the movement…
Israeli army kidnaps one in Tulkarem, two from Jenin and continue their attack on the money changers
Israeli military continued their attacks on Tuesday morning on the places of money exchange in several areas of the West Bank. The attacked started in the northern West Bank city…
Hamas sources: “P.A Security arrests 13 Hamas members in the West Bankâ€
Hamas media sources reported on Monday that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to Fateh movement , arrested on Sunday 13 members and supporters of the movement in several areas in the…
Israeli military intensifies blockade on Jenin and Huwara and kidnapped 6 across the West Bank
In the early hours of Monday morning, the Israeli military invaded the town of Huwwarah, south of Nablus, imposing a tight curfew on the area. Several military vehicles entered the…
Troops close roads leading to Jenin and Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers imposed on Friday evening a strict siege over Jenin and Tulkarem districts in the northern part of the West Bank and placed sand hills on roads leading the…
Four Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli army in Tulkarem and Ramallah
Israeli military invade the northern and the central part of West Bank, conducting abduction campaigns. In the northern part of the West Bank, the army invaded the city of Tulkarem,…
The Israeli army kidnaps four Palestinian civilians from several parts of the West Bank
Four civilians were reported kidnapped by the Israeli army from several parts of the West Bank during pre dawn invasions on Wednesday. In Hebron city located in the southern part…
Hamas: “P.A security arrests four three supportersâ€
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued a press release on Tuesday accusing Palestinian security forces loyal to Fateh movement in the West Bank, of arresting three members and supporters of the…
Hamas sources: Palestinian security forces arrests 9 members of the movement from the West Bank
Hamas sources reported that Palestinian security forces, affiliated to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement arrested nine Hamas members on Sunday from several parts of the West Bank. The sources…
Zakarnah: W.B government workers will strike Tuesday and Wednesday
The Palestinian governmental workers union announced on Monday that all public service employees in the West Bank will go on strike on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Union President, Bassam Zakarna,…
Israeli military kidnaps at least three across the West Bank
Israeli military invaded several parts of the West Bank in Monday at dawn, kidnapping three Palestinians. The Military kidnapped two Palestinians from the northern West Bank city of Nablus and…
Hamas: Fatah security forces arrest four Hamas members from several part of the West Bank
The Hamas movement issued a press statement on Saturday stating that the Palestinian security forces of the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah had arrested four members of Hamas movement…